A woman said she was able to fight off an attempted rapist in a bathroom at Daytona State College on May 3.

The woman, who did not want to be identified, said she was in the first floor bathroom of the Photography School during a 5-minute break from class during finals week when she was attacked.

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"In the moment, I was like, 'What is going on?' And then I just realized, whatever is going on, I just need to get out of it," she said.

The woman said her attacker pushed his way into her bathroom stall as she was coming out and whispered for her to keep quiet.

"He came towards my face, and grabbed my face, and I started backing up, and he started, like, pushing me down," she said. "I started screaming as soon as he started coming toward my face. [I] just started trying to fight him off."

She said she kicked and fought the man off until others arrived and saw the man running from the building.

"I'm almost glad it happened to me and not somebody else who couldn't have fended him off, or, um, you know, who couldn't get right back up and just keep on going," she said.

The woman said she has a very supportive family and a lot of friends who are helping her through it all, and that she believes God protected her through the ordeal.

Police were still searching for the attacker.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact police.